Rig Veda 8.43.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.43
Devata: Agni (with dawn-similitude to Ushas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एते त्ये वृथगग्नय इद्धासः समदृक्षत । उषसामिव केतवः ॥
Transliteration
eté tyé vṛ́thag agnáya iddhā́saḥ sám adṛkṣata | uṣásām iva ketávaḥ ||
Translation
Ces nombreux feux, une fois allumés, se voient ensemble — tels les étendards et les rayons des Uṣas (Aurores) : signes d’une illumination de la conscience qui s’approche.
Word by Word
एतेthese
एते:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
त्येthose (indeed)
त्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वृथक्separately, apart
वृथक्:
Adverbial (manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथक् (avyaya-prātipadika)
अग्नयःfires; Agnis
अग्नयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
इद्धासःkindled, blazing
इद्धासः:
Kartā (as qualifier of अग्नयः)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootइद्ध (PPP of √इन्ध् ‘to kindle’) → इद्ध + अस् (nom. pl. m.)
सम्together, fully
सम्:
— (verbal prefix)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम् (upasarga/avyaya)
अदृक्षतthey appeared; were seen
अदृक्षत:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (Vedic aorist stem: अदृक्ष-)
उषसाम्of the dawns
उषसाम्:
Genitive relation (of/like the dawns)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
— (simile marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (avyaya)
केतवःbanners; rays; signals
केतवः:
Kartā (apposition to अग्नयः)
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु (prātipadika)
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